Thermalization and elliptic flow at RHIC
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We discuss signatures of thermalisation in heavy ion collisions based on elliptic flow. We then propose a new method to analyse elliptic flow, based on multiparticle azimuthal correlations. This method allows one to test quantitatively the collective behaviour of the interacting system.
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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0111402,
title = {Thermalization and elliptic flow at RHIC},
author = {Nicolas Borghini and Phuong Mai Dinh and Jean-Yves Ollitrault},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0111402},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, talk given at XXXI International Symposium on Multiparticle Dynamics, Sept 1-7, 2001, Datong China. URL http://ismd31.ccnu.edu.cn/